Published March 2, 1998 | Version v1
Journal article

The nonmesonic weak decay of the hypertriton

  • 1. Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Cracow (Poland). Inst. Fizyki
  • 2. Department of Applied Physics, Okayama University of Science, Ridai-cho, Okayama 700 (Japan)
  • 3. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Fachbereich 5 der Technischen Hochschule Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt (Germany)
  • 4. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik II, Ruhr Universitaet Bochum, 44780 Bochum (Germany)
  • 5. Departament d'Estructura i Constituents de la Materia, Facultat de Fisica, Diagonal 647, 08028 (Spain)
  • 6. Center for Nuclear Studies, The George Washington University, Washington D.C. (United States)

Description

The nonmesonic decay of the hypertriton is calculated based on a hypertriton wavefunction and 3N scattering states, which are rigorous solutions of 3-body Faddeev equations using realistic NN and hyperon-nucleon interactions. The pion-exchange together with heavier meson exchanges for the ΛN → NN transition is considered. The total non-mesonic decay rate is found to be 1.7% of the free Λ decay rate. Integrated as well as differential decay rates are given. The p- and n-induced decays are discussed thoroughly and it is shown that the corresponding total rates cannot be measured individually. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. A
Journal Volume
631
Journal Page Range
p. 740-744
ISSN
0375-9474
CODEN
NUPABL

Conference

Title
15. international conference on few-body problems in physics (ICFBP-15)
Dates
22-26 Jul 1997
Place
Groningen (Netherlands)

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